MATTHEW 24:15-28
B. The Abomination of since the beginning of the in history
Desolation & The world to this time, no, nor
Great Tribulation, ever shall be.
24:15-28 (Mk.13:14-27; 22 And except those days 4 There is the promise: The
Lk.21:20-28) should be shortened, there days shall be shortened for
should no flesh be saved: but the elect's sake
for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened.
1 There is the appearance 15 When ye therefore shall 23 Then if any man shall say 5 There is the frantic
of the abomination of see the abomination of deso- unto you, Lo, here is Christ, search for a deliverer,
desolation
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lation, spoken of by or there; believe it not. for an earthly messiah
a. Shall be seen Daniel the prophet, stand 24 For there shall arise (one who is false)
b. Prophesied by Daniel in the holy place, (who- false Christs, and false pro- a. They will arise
c. Stands in Holy Place so readeth, let him under- phets, and shall show great b. They will show great
d. To read & understand stand:) signs and wonders; inso- signs & wonders
2 There is the warning to 16 Then let them which be much that, if it were possi- c. They will be convincing,
flee immediately in Judaea flee into the moun- ble, they shall deceive the threatening to deceive
tains: very elect. even the elect
a. To forget all comfort 17 Let him which is on the 25 Behold, I have told you 6 There is the truth about
of home
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housetop not come down to before. deliverance, about Mes-
take any thing out of his 26 Wherefore if they shall siah's coming
house: say unto you, Behold, he a. Comes not from the desert:
b. To forget all personal 18 Neither let him which is is in the desert; go not An unknown or remote
possessions in the field return back to forth: behold, he is in the se- spot
take his clothes. cret chambers; believe it not. b. Comes not in secret:
c. To grieve for those 19 And woe unto them that 27 For as the lightning com- Unseen, quietly
who cannot flee are with child, and to them eth out of the east, and shi- c. Comes as lightning
rapidly that give suck in those days! neth even unto the west; so 1) From heaven
d. To pray for good con- 20 But pray ye that your shall also the coming of the 2) Sudden—surprising
ditions in fleeing flight be not in the winter, Son of man be. 3) Visible—seen east
neither on the sabbath day: 28 For wheresoever the car- to west
3 There is the great tri- 21 For then shall be great case is, there will the eagles d. Comes to execute
bulation: Unparalleled tribulation, such as was not be gathered together. judgment
FUTURE EVENTS: CHRIST’S RETURN TO EARTH
B. The Abomination of Desolation & The Great Tribulation, 24:15-28
(24:15-28) Introduction—End Time—The Great Tribulation: the disciples had asked two questions. First, when was Je-
rusalem to be destroyed; and second, what was to be the sign of His coming and of the end of the world (Mt.24:3). This pas-
sage evidently has a double meaning. It refers both to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 A.D. and to the end time
when Christ will return. The passage has to be severely strained to make it refer to only one of these events. It should be re-
membered that Christ was experiencing the most severe emotions during these days. Death was only hours away, and He was
the only One aware of it. He had just gone through the triumphal entry (Mt.21), the cleansing of the temple (Mt.21), the sa-
vage attacks by the religionists (Mt.21-22), His severe denunciation of the religionists (Mt.23), and His lament over Jerusa-
lem (Mt.23). No ordinary man could possibly bear so many pressuring and diverse emotions in so short a time. Jesus loved
Jerusalem; He had just wept and wept bitterly over the city. They had been a people of sin and were to commit the most
heinous sin of human history—killing the Messiah, the Son of God Himself. They were to experience two judgments for
their sinful rejection. They were to be immediately judged in 70 A.D. Then at the end of the world, they, along with the rest
of the world, were to be finally judged.
Simply stated the situation was this: Jesus, filled with so wide a range of emotions, began to answer the two questions the
disciples had asked. He gave the signs of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and of the end of the world. He said, in es-
sence, that the fall of Jerusalem was judgment upon sin, and the fall of the world would be judgment upon sin. The questions
asked refer to similar conditions that bring about judgment. Thus, the signs of both the fall of Jerusalem and of the end of the
world are similar. (See notes and DEEPER STUDY #3—Mt.24:1-14.)
As a person studies this passage, two things need to be kept in mind.
1. The overall outline of Christ’s answer, His actual words (see DEEPER STUDY #1,2—Mt.24:1-31).
2. The fact that Christ was answering two questions dealing with the end of Jerusalem and with the end of the world,
and that the end of both is due to judgment upon sin. Thus, the signs that point to the end of both Jerusalem and of the world
are bound to be similar, for both are ending and being judged because of sin. The only difference is that in the end of the
world there is to be an increase and intensification of the signs. (See DEEPER STUDY #1,2—Mt.24:1-31.)
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